[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40877-40879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14058]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0936; FRL-8137-1]


Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Residues of Pesticide 
Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide 
petitions proposing the establishment or modification of regulations 
for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 24, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0936 and the pesticide petition number (PP) 
of interest, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal:  http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South 
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only 
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The 
Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to the assigned docket ID number 
and the pesticide petition number of interest. EPA's policy is that all 
comments received will be included in the docket without change and may 
be made available on-line at http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided, unless the comment includes information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit 
information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through 
regulations.gov or e-mail. The regulations.gov Web site is an 
``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your 
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of 
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit 
an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and 
other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk 
or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical 
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be 
able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of 
special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects 
or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index 
available in regulations.gov. To access the electronic docket, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov, select ``Advanced Search,'' then ``Docket 
Search.'' Insert the docket ID number where indicated and select the 
``Submit'' button. Follow the instructions on the regulations.gov Web 
site to view the docket index or access available documents. Although 
listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., 
CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on 
the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly 
available docket materials are available electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP 
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.),

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2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this 
Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 
305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The person listed at the end of the 
pesticide petition summary of interest.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an 
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. 
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to:
     Crop production (NAICS code 111).
     Animal production (NAICS code 112).
     Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
     Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
    This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides 
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this 
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be 
affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) 
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining 
whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any 
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular 
entity, consult the person listed at the end of the pesticide petition 
summary of interest.

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

     1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the 
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or 
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as 
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the 
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as 
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
     2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying 
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
    ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and 
substitute language for your requested changes.
    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information 
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you 
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and 
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of 
profanity or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline identified.

II. Docket ID Numbers

    When submitting comments, please use the docket ID number and the 
pesticide petition number of interest, as shown in the table.


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                 PP Number                        Docket ID Number
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PP 6E7103                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0460
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PP 7E7199                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0438
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PP 7E7207                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0426
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PP 7E7184                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0461
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PP 6F7119                                   EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0475
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III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    EPA is printing notice of the filing of pesticide petitions 
received under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a, proposing the establishment or modification of 
regulations in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemicals in 
or on various food commodities. EPA has determined that the pesticide 
petitions described in this notice contain data or information 
regarding the elements set forth in FFDCA section 408(d)(2); however, 
EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data at 
this time or whether the data support granting of the pesticide 
petitions. Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on these 
pesticide petitions.
    Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of each of the petitions 
included in this notice, prepared by the petitioner, is included in a 
docket EPA has created for each rulemaking. The docket for each of the 
petitions is available on-line at http://www.regulations.gov.

New Tolerances

    1. PP 6E7103. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0460). BASF 
Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, proposes 
to establish a tolerance for residues of the fungicide dithianon in or 
on food commodity grapes at 8 parts per million (ppm). An analytical 
method using high performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet 
(UV) detection was used to determine the residues of dithianon on 
grapes. This method has been confirmed through independent laboratory 
validations. Contact: Rosemary Kearns; telephone number: (703) 305-
5611; e-mail address: [email protected].
     2. PP 7E7199. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0438). 
Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, 
Suite 201 W., Princeton, NJ 08540-6635, proposes to establish a 
tolerance for residues of the insecticide novaluron (1-[3-chloro-4-
(1,1,2-trifluoro-2-trifluoromethoxyethoxy)phenyl]-3-[2,6-
difluorobenzoyl]urea) in or on food commodities: Tomato at 0.40 ppm; 
tomato, paste at 0.80 ppm; and sugarcane, cane at 0.50 ppm. Makhteshim-
Agan of North America, Inc., 4515 Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh, NC 
27609, is the manufacturer and basic registrant of novaluron. 
Makhteshim-Agan of North America Inc., prepared and summarized the 
following information in support of the pesticide petition for 
novaluron. An adequate analytical method, gas chromatography/electron 
capture detector (GC/ECD), is available for enforcing tolerances of 
novaluron residues in or on tomatoes, sugarcane and its processed 
commodities, as published in the Federal Register of April 5, 2006 (71 
FR 17009) (FRL-7756-8). Based on the sample size and dilution factors, 
the limit of quantitation (LOQ) in matrix was equal to the lowest 
concentration level for the validation analyses. The method 
verification trial supports a LOQ of 0.05 ppm in the different tomato 
and sugarcane matrices. The LOQ = 0.05 ppm was taken as the lowest 
level validated by this method. Contact: Susan Stanton; telephone 
number: (703) 305-5218; e-mail address: [email protected].
     3. PP 7E7207. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0426). 
Interregional Research Project Number 4

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(IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W., Princeton, NJ 08540-6635, 
proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the insecticide 
buprofezin, in or on food commodities: Vegetable, leafy, except 
Brassica, group 4 at 25 ppm; olive at 3.0 ppm; olive, oil at 9.0 ppm; 
strawberry, bearberry, bilberry, lowbush blueberry, cloudberry, 
cranberry, lingonberry, muntries and partridge berry at 2.5 ppm. This 
summary has been prepared by Nichino America, Inc., Wilmington, DE 
19808, the registrant. The proposed analytical method involves 
extraction, partition, clean-up and detection of residues by gas 
chromatography using nitrogen phosphorous detection. Contact: Susan 
Stanton; telephone number: (703) 305-5218; e-mail address: 
[email protected].
     4. PP 7F7184. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-00461). Syngenta 
Crop Protection, Inc., P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419, proposes 
to establish a tolerance for residues of the fungicide mandipropamid, 
(benzeneacetamide, 4-chloro-N-[2-[3-methoxy-4-(2-propynyloxy) 
phenyl]ethyl]-alpha-(2-propynyloxy)) in or on food commodity 
vegetables, leafy at 15 ppm. Analytical method RAM 415-01 was developed 
for determination of mandipropamid residues in crops. This method 
involves extraction of mandipropamid residues from crop samples by 
homogenization with acetonitrile: Water (80:20 v/v). Extracts are 
centrifuged and aliquots diluted with water prior to being cleaned-up 
using polymeric solid-phase extraction cartridges. Residues of 
mandipropamid are quantified using high performance liquid 
chromatography with triple quadruple mass spectrometric detection (LC-
MS/MS). This method has been successfully validated at an independent 
facility and therefore is suitable for use as the enforcement method 
for the determination of residues of mandipropamid in crops. The multi-
residue method was not successful at determining residues of 
mandipropamid. Contact: Rosemary Kearns; telephone number: (703) 305-
5611; e-mail address: [email protected].
     5. PP 6F7119. (Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-00475). Bayer 
CropScience LLC, 2 T. W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 
27709, proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the 
insecticide spirotetramat, cis-3-(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-8-methoxy-2-oxo-
1-azaspiro[4.5]dec-3-en-4-yl ethyl carbonate and its metabolite cis-3-
(2,5-dimethylphenyl)-4-hydroxy-8-methoxy- 1-azaspiro[4.5]dec-3-en-2-
one], calculated as spirotetramat equivalents in or on food 
commodities: Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at 1.0 ppm; 
potato, granules/flakes at 2.5 ppm; onions, dry bulb, subgroup 3A at 
0.3 ppm; vegetables, leafy, except Brassica, group 4 at 5.0 ppm; 
Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at 3.0 ppm; Brassica, leafy 
greens, subgroup 5B at 16.0 ppm; vegetables, fruiting, group 8 at 1.0 
ppm; tomato, dried pomace at 2.5 ppm; vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 at 
0.2 ppm; fruit, citrus, group 10 at 0.5 ppm; citrus, oil at 4.0 ppm; 
fruit, pome, group 11 at 0.5 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12 at 2.0 ppm; 
nut, tree, group 14 at 0.5 ppm; almond, hulls at 9.0 ppm; grape at 1.0 
ppm; grape, raisin at 2.5 ppm; hop at 10.0 ppm; strawberry at 0.5 ppm; 
cattle, goat, hog, sheep and horse, meat at 0.01 ppm; cattle, goat, 
hog, sheep and horse, fat at 0.01 ppm; cattle, goat, hog, sheep and 
horse, liver at 0.01 ppm; cattle, goat, hog, sheep and horse, meat 
byproducts, except liver at 0.02 ppm. The residues of spirotetramat and 
its metabolites were quantified by high pressure liquid chromatography/
triple stage quadrupole mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) using the stable 
isotopically labeled analytes as internal standards. The individual 
analyte residues were converted to spirotetramat molar equivalents and 
summed to give total spirotetramat residues. The LOQ for each analyte 
was 0.01 ppm for all commodities except citrus (0.05 ppm) and hops (0.1 
ppm). Contact: Rita Kumar, telephone number: (703) 308-8291; e-mail 
address: [email protected].

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives, 
Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

    Dated: June 28, 2007.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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